Posts tagged: computer-graphics

By Ben Houston, 5 Minutes Read, 2025-03-24

Learn how to develop 3D web applications that work reliably across all devices using real-world browser capability data from Web3DSurvey.com with a practical two-tier development strategy.

Tags: computer-graphics, three-js, software-development

By Ben Houston, 7 Minutes Read, 2024-12-05

Sometimes big opportunities come from solving what seem like minor problems. In 2002, fresh out of university, I accidentally co-created what would become one of the most widely-used tools in Hollywood visual effects - all because I needed a better way to run fluid simulations.

Tags: visual-effects, frantic-films, entrepreneurship, computer-graphics, software-development

By Ben Houston, 6 Minutes Read, 2024-12-04

How a pioneering web-based 3D editor pivoted from trying to revolutionizing visual effects to finding unexpected success in enterprise product visualization.

Tags: clara.io, enterpreneurship, computer-graphics, software-development

By Ben Houston, 3 Minutes Read, 2024-09-01

Web3DSurvey is a tool for 3D web developers that tracks and aggregates WebGL, WebGL2, and WebGPU capabilities providing valuable insights into real-world support for these features.

Tags: computer-graphics, three.js, software-development

By Ben Houston, 4 Minutes Read, 2023-05-30

Graph-based materials, while innovative and flexible, pose significant costs for run-time dynamic loading in Web and Games. We delve into these costs and propose alternative solutions.

Tags: computer-graphics, standards, pbr, gltf

By Ben Houston, 4 Minutes Read, 2022-10-25

Understand the background and potential future of the evolving Khronos glTF PBR material definition.

Tags: computer-graphics, gltf, standards, pbr

By Ben Houston, 2 Minutes Read, 2015-05-06

With Physically-based Rendering (PBR) becoming the new standard, we need a simple standard interchange format.

Tags: computer-graphics, obj, standards, pbr